[UK] Knee Deep In The Inbred

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Clyde Radcliffe: Oct 19, 2014

endlessmonotony posted:

I didn't say Ireland had a shortage of potatoes.

Just that EU-wide the total amount of potatoes is slightly short of normal supply, which is good news for anyone in the EU growing them. But it also means they're not nearly as profitable to export to Britain than, say, barley or low-quality apples.

Sorry, I misread it as us needing to buy spuds from the UK, not the EU. We do import quite a lot from the UK as their varieties tend to make better chips.

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Clyde Radcliffe: Oct 19, 2014

2025 - The United Kingdom of England and Rockall.

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A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

90s Cringe Rock posted:

what kind of boat is best for transporting potatoes from ireland to say somewhere up the bristol channel

not too many, maybe a ton or so per run

nothing too flashy or attention-grabbing

Potatoes are nearly the same density as water, so you could conceivably just get a big net and fill it with potatoes and a few ping pong balls, then attach a motor and sail across. Unfortunately, the currents appear to be going the wrong way for you to be able to just float to Britain.

If you do have a boat, you could probably make them float right beneath the waterline behind you, completely obscuring your haul.

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Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

see if you can get one of those drug-smuggling submarines but use it for potatoes

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Clyde Radcliffe: Oct 19, 2014

90s Cringe Rock posted:

what kind of boat is best for transporting potatoes from ireland to say somewhere up the bristol channel

not too many, maybe a ton or so per run

nothing too flashy or attention-grabbing

Paddie Steamer, obvs.

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ContinuityNewTimes: Dec 30, 2010; Я выдуман напрочь

10000 Sex Arses posted:

2025 - The United Kingdom of England and Rockall.

Southern England

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90s Cringe Rock: Nov 29, 2006

the United Kingdom of Southern England and Wight.

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kecske: Feb 28, 2011; it's round, like always

independent london city state now

https://www.londependence.party/

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Hillary 2024: Nov 13, 2016; by vyelkin

90s Cringe Rock posted:

what kind of boat is best for transporting potatoes from ireland to say somewhere up the bristol channel

not too many, maybe a ton or so per run

nothing too flashy or attention-grabbing

BRB gonna write some Brexit fiction about potato smuggling. Gotta strike while the iron is hot.

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Clyde Radcliffe: Oct 19, 2014

9-County Sovereignty Movement. Northern Ireland will retake the counties of Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan and form an independent sovereign Ulster, before sending the fleet to western Scotland to reclaim lands we once ruled under the glorious Kingdom of Dalriada.

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Clyde Radcliffe: Oct 19, 2014

Hillary 2020 posted:

BRB gonna write some Brexit fiction about potato smuggling. Gotta strike while the iron is hot.

Is that two spuds and a bendy banana in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

:wink:

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Son of Rodney: Feb 22, 2006; ohmygodohmygodohmygod

Lmao at the idea that after having hung up their caps decades ago, generations of traditional smuggler families in northern France are frantically unpacking their old boats from their smugglers coves, muttering "a cause de Pommes de terre! Pommes de terre! Ces stupides anglais" under their breath.

Smugglings back baby, and its to transport groceries over the channel while avoided the heated fighting of the cod wars. Brexit!

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drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

10000 Sex Arses posted:

Even at the height of the famine Ireland was producing more than enough food to feed the entire population. But it was all being shipped to Britain under military protection, to feed the masses who had been forced to abandon the countryside to work in the new industrial towns.

All famines are political.

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i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

A Buttery Pastry posted:

Potatoes are nearly the same density as water, so you could conceivably just get a big net and fill it with potatoes and a few ping pong balls, then attach a motor and sail across. Unfortunately, the currents appear to be going the wrong way for you to be able to just float to Britain.

and to think people pay extra to brine the things before cooking

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prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

10000 Sex Arses posted:

Even at the height of the famine Ireland was producing more than enough food to feed the entire population. But it was all being shipped to Britain under military protection, to feed the masses who had been forced to abandon the countryside to work in the new industrial towns.

I remember when I first read about that; kinda blew a gigantic hole in my youthful anglophilia.

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No Dignity: Oct 15, 2007

Continuity NIP posted:

Southern England

Lesser Britain

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Antonymous: Apr 4, 2009

prefect posted:

I remember when I first read about that; kinda blew a gigantic hole in my youthful anglophilia.

your what mate

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Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Pipski posted:

Well, I guess we'll just have to eat the rich then. Does anyone have a good Rees-Mogg recipe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apZnMr9f4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnB7svFAZBs

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Hillary 2020 posted:

BRB gonna write some Brexit fiction about potato smuggling. Gotta strike while the iron is hot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93RI7Z3HhZk

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monkeytennis: Apr 26, 2007; Toilet Rascal

Pipski posted:

Well, I guess we'll just have to eat the rich then. Does anyone have a good Rees-Mogg recipe?

not enough meat on that skinny runt. Could use him for stock I suppose.

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forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

multijoe posted:

Lesser Britain

I prefer the Latin. England Inferior

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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

project fear. project fear. project fear. you are all project fear!

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An insane mind: Aug 11, 2018

I thought Ireland was still in the EU...It's NI, Scotland, England and Wales that are outs right?

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HORSE-SLAUGHTERER: Nov 11, 2020; H O R S E - S L A U G H T E R E R

Northern Ireland is half in the EU and going to be completely in the EU in a few years

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CactusWeasle: Aug 1, 2006; It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

Northern Ireland and Rockall will unite and form a single nation

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An insane mind: Aug 11, 2018

Yay! I have a good friend who lives in NI so visiting him will stay easy and I don't have to keep posting the 32 county Ireland meme at him and he can stop smacking me.

Ok I mostly post the 74 county Ireland meme at him but he posts at me how I'll soon be a merman so we're still friends.

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